Workplace harassment according to social work teachers: A qualitative study
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Increasingly relevant in Chile in recent years due to its steady increase and the significant consequences it has on the physical and mental health of workers. The objective of this study was to reveal the conceptions of workplace harassment from the perspective of academics at the School of Social Work at a public university in south-central Chile. A qualitative approach was adopted, using semi-structured interviews with teachers who teach classes in the Social Work program at a public university in the Ñuble Region. Content analysis allowed for the interpretation of the information collected and the identification of relevant discursive regularities. The results show that workplace harassment is conceived by academics as a cross-cutting and systematic process, closely linked to various dimensions of institutional work. Likewise, the discourses are permeated by values associated with the neoliberal model, which tend to reinforce individualistic logics in the workplace. It is concluded that workplace harassment in the university context is strongly influenced by neoliberal values and hierarchical structures that reproduce and deepen inequalities, particularly gender inequalities, highlighting the role of social work in addressing this phenomenon from an ethical, critical, and multidimensional perspective.
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